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![Honour guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Yu%20Taipei%20Times.jpg.jpg?h=08d7fdd9&itok=fUbyMFXl)
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Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 16, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
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![230204-N-MJ302-1255 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 4, 2023) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the South China Sea. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Yu%20STL.jpg?h=396065f7&itok=Pvb1xFub)
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The USS Nimitz transits the South China Sea on February 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by David Rowe)
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![SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 19, 2022) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) for a replenishment-at-sea. Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.01.2023%20Yu%20Steve%20Gruber.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=SZTBdx1v)
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The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart for a replenishment in the South China Sea on February 19, 2022. (US Navy photo by Devin M. Langer)
In the Media
![TAIPEI, TAIWAN - NOVEMBER 26: Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan holds local elections to appoint mayors, councillors and magistrates in several counties on Saturday. The local elections are a litmus test for the popularity of the ruling DPP as young candidates including the grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Wan-an, seek to turn the tide. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.21.2023%20Fu%20NY%20Sun_0.jpg?h=9855f42d&itok=LjLkAG7_)
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Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)
![TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, poses for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house on September 27, 2022 at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan. Dignitaries including several current and former heads of state are visiting Japan for the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which will be held on Tuesday. Abe was assassinated in July while campaigning on a street. (Photo by Hiro Ko](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.05.2023%20Nagao%20Diamond.jpg?h=e27a2cb8&itok=BnhbrOp1)
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Narendra Modi and Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Japan, on September 27, 2022. (Hiro Komae/Pool via Getty Images)
![The U.S. government has welcomed Taiwan’s extension of its military conscription from four months to one year by releasing a statement of support from de facto U.S. Embassy in Taipei, the American Institute in Taiwan, shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen announced the change. Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific Security Chair at the Hudson Institute speaks to Taiwan Talks about how the U.S. and its allies perceive this move. Cronin describes the move as the clearest sign of commitment to Taiwan’s self-defense and](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.29%20Cronin%20TaiwanPlus.jpg?h=bde9bca4&itok=YELG-gWr)
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(Screenshot via TaiwanPlus/YouTube)
![PUMA UAV 5g](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.9%20Clark%20Patt.jpg?h=74ad4180&itok=vWB7WnZo)
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A US Marine launches an RQ-20 PUMA unmanned aircraft system in San Clemente, California, on May 1, 2020. (US Marine Corps photo by Manuel Serrano)
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![Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.7%20Cronin.jpg?h=4dfee5b1&itok=EH82MUs-)
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian during a daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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![Cronin House Foreign Affairs Committee](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.7%20Cronin%20HFAC.jpg?h=c9288d86&itok=NlkAnNk2)
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(Screenshot via House Foreign Affairs Committee/YouTube)
![Taipei](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-11/11.21%20mead%20WSJ.jpg?h=70609158&itok=tgMoqSUO)
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![Chiang Kai-shek](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-11/11.18%20Watson.jpg?h=ba95ac05&itok=Rz6VE32S)
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Chiang Kai-shek and US Marine Corps Major General Louis Jones circa 1945. (USMC Archives via Flickr)
![Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2021. The annual Security Consultative Meeting plays a role towards continuing the U.S.-ROK Alliance. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-11/%21use%20this%20one%20korea.jpg?h=790be497&itok=3_jnml0f)
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd US-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on December 2, 2021. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)